You can’t have a breakthrough without something first breaking.
Breakthroughs don’t happen suddenly. They happen after sustained pressure over time, then all at once. They’re the accumulation of invisible work finally becoming visible.
You work and work and nothing happens. You push and strain and it feels pointless. Like you’re pushing against a wall that will never move. Like effort is just burning energy with no return. Then one day, something shifts. The wall cracks. The pattern breaks. Everything changes.
But that “sudden” breakthrough was built on all the days you showed up when nothing was happening. Every failed attempt was teaching you something. Every setback was redirecting you. You just couldn’t see it while you were in it.
I’ve wanted to quit right before every breakthrough I’ve had. The moment before the shift always feels like failure. Like you’ve been pushing against a wall that will never move. That’s exactly when you’re closest. That’s when most people quit.
One more day. One more try. One more push. Not because you’re sure it’ll work. Because quitting now means you’ll never know how close you were. Breakthroughs reward the people who stay when staying makes no logical sense.
I’m going to be one of them.
